Insole.



i State of insole.

GEORGE E. MANN, OF RANDOLPH,

MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 JAMES A.

- BRENNAN,,OF RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS.

INBOLE.

To all whom it may-comm: I

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. MANN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Randollplh, in the county of Norfolk and assachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Insoles, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like letters on the drawing representing like arts. p This invention relates to insoles forshoes and especially to cushion insoles, and the object of the invention is to provide a novel cushion insole which will not become wrinkled or pucker as it is used. Cushion insoles for shoes are commonly made b applying a layer of cushion material to t e upper surface of the insole proper and then covering said layer with a lining or covering member, and stitching or otherwise securing together the covering, cushion material and insole all the way round the peripheryof the insole. Where an insole is made in this wa and built into a shoe, the

continuous ben of the sole of the shoe .during the operation of walki is very likely to cause the cushionmateri to' bend and wrinkle, this being due to the fact that when the sole is bent the cushion material and the lining are compelled to wrinkle or pucker somewhat because they are secured to the insole entirely around the periphery thereof. In order to avoid this objection I propose to make an insole in which the cushion material and the lining are left free from and unattached to the insolefrom the ball of the shoe on each side to the toe, said arts being connected to ether only along t e shank of the ere the cushion insole is made in this way the layer of cushion material and the upper hning can slide on the insole when the latter is bent and they willnot therefore be puckered or wrinkled as is the case where they are attached to the insole at the toe thereof.

Another feature of my invention relates to the manner of forming the lining for the insole, and according to this feature said is made by splitting the grain side of the insole therefrom and using the thin layer thus split for the lining.

Referring now to the drawingswherein I have illustrated one embodiment of my invention :Figure 1 is a side view of an insole before the latter is split to secure the lining:

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application Med January 1a, 1908. saw 110. 411,885.

1 i Patented April 14', 1908.

- 2 is a top plan view of an insole made in accordance with m invention; Fig. 3 is a' side view thereof, 1 4 is a transverse section throu h a comp eted shoe showingmy improved insole therein; Fi 5 is a section through the toe of a shoe s owing how the insole may be bent without wrinkling the cushion material.

My insole com rises the body 3, the la er of cushion material 4 and-the hmn' 5. he body of the insole 3 has the usual s ouIder 6 by which it is sewed to the welt 7 and upper 8 all as usual.

The'parts thus far described'are such as are commonly found in cushioninsoles. In accordance with my invention however the body 3 of the insole, the layer of cushion material 4 and the are connected together at the shank of t e insole only and are left free and unattached at the toe portion of the sole heel portion thereof.

and preferably also at the The body 3, layer 4 of cushion material .and the covering onlining 5 may be secured together in any suitable way, but preferably by stitches 9. These stitches are situated at the side of the insole either inside oroutside of the shoulder, as desired, and the stitches extend only along the shank of'the insole.

This leaves both the layer of cushion material 4 and the covering 5 free from and unattached to the body 3 alo both the outside and inside ball and aroun the toe and also around the heel, although this latter is not essential. The cushion insole when thus made is built into the shoe during the rocess of manufacture in the usual way, an when completed a shoe is produced in which the cushion material 4 and the hning 5 are free "and disconnected from the insole 3 alo both the inside and outside ball of the shoe and around the toe of'the shoe, as plainly seen in Figs. 4 and 5. The result of. this con- .struction is that when the sole is bent during the process of walking, as shown in Fig. 5, the cushion material 4 and 5 at the toe ]portion of. the insole can slide forward on t e' body 3 of the insole sufliciently to prevent said cushion material from puckering or wrinkling: When the shoe is made the portion of the cushion material 3 which is unattached to the body 3 of the insole is held in place by the ulpper 8 which meets and engages the sides of t e cushion material, as shown in Fig. 4. In

also the covering making my insole I prefer to form the cover or lining by splitting the insole and removing the grain-side thereof. The insole canv readily be split by any suitable leather-' splitting machine along substantially the cause the lining can be formed from the insole itself.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let- 'ters Patent is:

1. An'insole for a shoe comprising a body member, a cover or lining and an intermediate layer of cushion material, said body member, cushion material and lining being secured together along theshank of the insole but left free from and unattached to each other'around the toe of the insole.

scenes 2. A shoe comprising an insole and an upper sewed thereto, sai insole being formed with a body portion having a shoulder to which the upper is sewed, a layer of cushion material superimposed on the body portion and a cover 'for the cushion material, said cover and cushion material being sewed to the body of the insole along the shank of the shoe but left free from and unattached thereto around the toe of the shoe.

3. An insole for a shoe comprising a body member, a cover or lining and an intermediate layer of cushion material, .said body member, cushion material and lining being secured together along the shank of the insole, and the lining being left free from and unattached to the cushion material around the toe of the insole.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my nameto this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE E. MANN. Witnesses:

LOUIS (3. SMITH,

MARGARET A. DUNN. 

